1Therefore, since we have been justified1 through faith,2 wea have peace3 with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,4
2through whom we have gained access1 by faith into this grace in which we now stand.2 And wea boast in the hope3 of the glory of God.
3Not only so, but wea also glory in our sufferings,1 because we know that suffering produces perseverance;2
4perseverance, character; and character, hope.
5And hope1 does not put us to shame, because God’s love2 has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,3 who has been given to us.
6You see, at just the right time,1 when we were still powerless,2 Christ died for the ungodly.3
7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.
8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.1
9Since we have now been justified1 by his blood,2 how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath3 through him!
10For if, while we were God’s enemies,1 we were reconciled2 to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!3
11Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.1
12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,1 and death through sin,2 and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned3 —
13To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.1
14Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam,1 who is a pattern of the one to come.2
15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man,1 how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ,2 overflow to the many!
16Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.
17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death1 reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life2 through the one man, Jesus Christ!
18Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people,1 so also one righteous act resulted in justification2 and life3 for all people.
19For just as through the disobedience of the one man1 the many were made sinners,2 so also through the obedience3 of the one man the many will be made righteous.
20The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.1 But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,2
21so that, just as sin reigned in death,1 so also grace2 might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life3 through Jesus Christ our Lord.